The Private Rod: Marital Violence, Sensation, and the Law in Victorian Britain

by Marlene Tromp

Sensation novels, a genre characterized by scandalous narratives and emotionally and socially provocative dialogue and plots, had their heyday in England in the 1860s and 1870s, in the midst of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813919495
• ISBN13: 9780813919492
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 289 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.1" x 9.7"